High School Football Semifinal Scores
Cal Pryor threw five TD passes, three of them to Landon Blum as the Woodbine Tigers beat the Iowa Valley Tigers to move to the 8 Man finals. Early in the third quarter, Pryor was intercepted by Layne Peska who returned it 42 yards for a TD that gave Iowa Valley a 28-26 lead. About three minutes later, Pryor found Blum for a 35 yard TD pass to regain a 32-28 lead. Then it was Nolan Kriegel’s turn to give up a pick six as Lucas Olson intercepted the pass and returned it 25 yards for a score and Woodbine led 40-28 with 52 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. Woodbine added two more scores to build a 53-28 lead and Iowa Valley added a score late. Blum had 7 catches for 169 yards and 3 TD. Pryor was 21 of 22 passing for 317 yards and 5 TD and had 10 tackles on defense. Woodbine will try to redeem last year’s loss in the finals as they look for their first ever state title in football, playing Gladbrook Reinbeck next Thursday at 9:30 am.
